Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,076, Lewis Gay, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
7 Mars
Day, Dennis Mary
W 23076
CONTENTS

3701 Mary Gay dec. widow of Lemis Gay (v o ) who died on the of May in the State of Maine who was a pirate in the commanded by Captain Vourse of the commanded by in the line for 7 mos 25 days Increase from $23.88
Inserted on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 32 Dollars 21 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Ending 29 th February 1850.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Nov 1850 and sent to E. Lumpkin
Arrears to the 4 th of Present Semi-annual allowance ending Payable to children } Less former payments }
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by B.E. Rowland Clerk, Book 9 Vol. 2 Page 383

5525
✓ Mary Gay Me

State of Maine
Cumberland Is- December 20. 1841
On the day above named, personally appeared before me Esther Shipley, one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court now in session at Portland within and for said County of Cumberland. Mary Gay of Bridgton in said county, widow, aged ninety three years, and being known according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the made by the Act of Congress passed July 4, 1836 - That she was married to Lewis Gay at Newburyport in the State of Massachusetts on the twenty eighth day of March, A.D. fifteen hundred and twenty one - That after her said marriage, her husband served in the revolutionary war as a private soldier, in a company commanded by Captain Howells for a period somewhat rising up months - That after said service he was drafted at Newburyport for further service, and obtained a substitute to whom he gave twenty dollars and his gun, and equipments which I have entirely

forgot the name of his substitute - that the year in fourteen hundred and seventy six my hus- band removed with me and his family from Newbury to the town of Ipswich, in same State - and shortly after, or during that season, he was again drafted for service and went into the army under a Captain Perkins, whose Christian name I am unable to recollect - I find in a journal of expenses kept by my husband at that time, under date of November, 1776, an entry as follows - "Paid my wages and travelling money of Capt. Perkins, $ 5. 15. 6." - which is all the date I possess to govern my recollection - but he was absent in the service under this last drafting, a period of three months - She further declares that her said husband died at Raymond in said county of Cumberland, on the twenty fourth day of June A.D. 1822 - and that she has remained a widow ever since -
Mary Eay

Cumberland Js.
November Term Sup. Jud. Court.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written, before me.
Ebenezer Shepley
State of Maine
Cumberland Js
I Charles Fox Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County; certify that Hon. Ebenezer Shepley, whose signature appears, above is one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court (for the State of Maine); and that the signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twentieth day of December A D 1841
Charles Fox Clerk.

State of Maine
Cumberland Js. On this first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared in open Probate Court in and for said County David Gay a resident of Bridgton in said County aged sixty one years who upon oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the full benefit of the act of Congress passed July 14 th 1836. and as one of the children of the late Mary Gay of Bridgton to obtain an increase of Pension due her in her life time.
And this declarant states upon oath that he is one of the children of the late Lewis and Mary Gay, deceased. He states that his said father Lewis Gay was a native of Stoughton Massachusetts and at the commencement of the Revolutionary war was a resident of Newburyport, that he served in Capt. Moses Knowl's Company in 1775 about 8 months. He further states that in the year 1776 he removed from Newburyport to Ipswich and was drafted in that town for service to reinforce the Continental Army and that he served in said last named service two months & one half and that for this last service he claims an increase of Pension. He further states that his mother made application for and received the benefit of the act of 1836 at the rate of twenty three dollars and eighty eight cents per annum that in her declaration she set forth the date of her marriage.

and the time of her husband's death, and proved the same to the satisfaction of the Commission. He further states that his mother made application several years ago for an increase of pension and that the same has been pending before the Commr. of Pensions for a long time and that a decision has been lately given by the Commr granting an increase of pension for two and a half months, seven. Your declarant further states that his mother Mary Gay died at Bridgton on the 29. Feby 1850, and that the children and only surviving children are Ichabod M Gay and David Gay your declarant. He therefore claims an increase of Pension due his mother from March 14th 1831, to February 29. 1850 - the time of his mother's death.
David Gay
Subscribed and sworn to by the above named David Gay on the day and year first above written.
Before me
Josiah Pierce (Judge of the Probate Court.

State of Maine County of Cumberland ss
Probate Office, Portland Octo. 1. A.D. 1850
I Freeman Bradford, Register of Probate hereby certify that Hon. Josiah Pierce, before whom the foregoing declaration was made, in the matter of Pension of the late Mary Gay, is Judge of Probate in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the State, that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine, and that full faith and credit should be given to his official attestations.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal Official of said Court, the day and year first above written.
Freeman Bradford
Register

Extract from the Record of the town of Newbury in (3) the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts to wit.
I hereby certify, that Lewis Gay, and Mary March of Newburyport both of them, were ex mar- ried on the twenty eighth day of March One thousand seven hundred and seventy one by the Rev d Oliver Noble, one of the Ministers of the town of Newbury, as appears by the record of the Marriages recorded in my Office
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows - March 28, 1771.
Newbury Jan y 14, 1842. A true copy of the record
Attest, Ezra Hale Town Clerk
Essex ss. Newbury Jan. 14, 1842
Personally appeared the above named Ezra Hale, and made oath that he holds the office of Town Clerk for the Town of Newbury before me
Stuart Chase " Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Sec'y. of the Navy, Washington, D.C.
I hereby certify that the within Special Order is a full and true copy of the original on file in the Bureau of Navigation.
Witness the Seal of the Navy John D. Long
Sec'y of the Navy

Rev
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WIDOW, &c.
em
File No. 23076
Mary Gay
wid of
Lewis Gay
Priest Rev War
Act July 4 th 1836.
Index: Vol 4 , Page 265.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Reported to Agent
Lt. Col. H. D. Hammon
April 16. '49
Lt. Col. Saml. P. Anderson
July 9. 1849
Lt. Col. J. R. Young
Feb. 14/50
Maine 3,701 (2)
Mary Gay
widow of Lewis Gay
who died on the 24. June 1822 of Cumberland Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Nowell of the reg't. commanded by in the line for 7 months 25 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 23 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of April 1842 and sent to Hon. F. C. F. Smith, Portland, Maine
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1842 274. 67 Semi-annual allowance ending Mar. '43. 11. 99
$286.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 5 }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book C. Vol. 1. Page 7

Mary Gay, dec d Oct 4 July 1836
Increase to $32:21 for annuity, deduct former pay at $23:88 for annuity, from 1, March 1831. Vending 29 Feb 1851, when she died, payable to Deborah M c Gay & David Gay, only surviving children
J. Lumsden Present
  23.88  6666    8.33  1666    32.21  8332  

Sir I received a line from You dated Sep 6 th 1850 stating that the claim of Mary Gay was allowed; and also directing to have her old Certificate sent to the Pension department and a new one would be issued for 2 1/2 months per year; The old Lady died last February 29 th and her Certificate was cancelled at the Pension Office at Portland and the Paymaster told me that he had passed the Certificate to the Treasury department at Washington, Consequently I had a Declaration made before Judge Pierce of Cumberland County in which the Declarant set forth that there were but two surviving Children viz Ichabod M Gay and David Gay This Declaration I mailed at Norway on Thursday the 3 rd instant and if it went direct to your Office it would arrive on Tuesday the 8 th inst but Thomas Lumpkin Esq informs me that he has called twice and cannot find the said Declaration. I hope You will be able to find it because the Children are poor and not able to meet the expense of another Declaration.
Otisfield October 10 th 1850
Yours with much respect Samuel P. Anderson
J. S. Edwards Esq

J. L. Edwards Esq.

S. L. Edwards Esq.
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Sir I received a letter from you dated September 6 th 1858 directing Mrs Gay to send her original Certificate and receive one for an increase of two and a half months to the Pension Department She is dead and that Certificate was passed to the Pension department at Portland She died the 27 th of February 1858 In lieu of that Certificate I have sent a Declaration made by one of the sons and hope it will prove Satisfactory
The case of Robert Snell I prepared and received a decision that the proof was not satisfactory although two men declared on Oaths that they were present and served this campaign with said Robert Snell. In January 1858 I found additional evidence and passed it on through Freeman Bradford Esq. of Portland to you but since that time I have not heard from the case. Will you take up the case and reexamine it as soon as you can because the old Gentleman feels a little impatient Otisfield. October 2 nd 1858
With much respect I remain Your obedient Servant Samuel Pitulerson
NB Please forward the Certificate as soon as convenient S. P. Anderson

Lt. Thos Lumsden 6 th Sept 1857
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Thomas Lumpkin Esq.
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Sir if the Commissioner should decide against the claim of Mary Gay widow of Lewis Gay I wish you to take an appeal from him to the Secretary of the Interior; as it appears to me by the Certificate of the Selectmen of the Town of Ipswich that Lewis Gay did the service in 1777 and the Selectmen they rendered in the Account the next year in a settlement with the Town; for this reason I think it is justly due the Widow Starfield July 10 th 1850
With much respect I remain your obedient Servant Samuel O'Anderson

STATE OF MAINE.
PROBATE COURT, Cumberland County, ss.
Be it Known, That on this first day of October 18 50 it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being a Court of Record, That Mary Gay late of Bridgton was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and that she died at Bridgton, aforesaid on the twenty ninth day of February 18 50 .— And that Ichabod M. Gay  is the widow of and David Gay are the children and only surviving children of said Mary Gay, deceased .
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this first day of October in the year 18 51
Freeman Bedford
{ Register of Probate for Cumberland County.

Maine 4468 (8) Mary Gay Lit. to Hon. D. S. Smith 15 Feb. 1842 to same 22 March 1842
2333 51 3
Ad July 4 1836

I David Gay of Bridgton, testify and say, That my father Lewis Gay, husband of Mary Gay, died at Raymond in the county of Cumberland State of Maine, on the twenty ninth day of June 1822 - My father & mother resided with me, and my family at the time of his death, and have done so for many years - That I was present at the funeral; and my mother is the same who has this day made declaration in open Court of my said deceased father's services as a soldier in the revolutionary army - and my said mother has not been married a second time -  David Gay
Cumberland ss. State of Maine
Portland December 20. 1841. Sup Jud Court Nov term.
Then personally appeared the above, David Gay, and made solemn oath, in open Court to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed: In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court, the day and year first mentioned
Attest Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Cumberland

Jan 26. 49
me July 4 1836
Henry Gay
FREE
J. L. Edwards Conr. Pennin Washington D.C.

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Northern July 22. /42
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Conne Pannis -
Sir - Enclosed I send you the declaration of Mary March, of the services of her husband in the revolutionary war, and claiming a pension. Also an authenticated certificate of her marriage - also testimony, besides her own, of the death of her husband -
The declaration as first made seems to have been rejected by your letter to me of the 21st of October last. The option which she possesses of a memorandum of services to be kept by her husband during the war, may guide to the additional services which she avers he performed - I will thank you to cause this suggestion to be

considered in the investigation of her claims.
I have the honor to be with great respect
Your obedt Servt Francis A. Smith.
P.S. I expect to be in Washington in the course of the present session of the Sub Committee. I will call at your depart- ment for the certificates in this case.

Sumner Office July 15. 1842
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Sturminster Newton Lewis Gay D r 1822 Spirit
Mary Gay m 1771 S.
① 6 m. 6. Sturminster Newton and 4. 5- 7th Sep Now 103 Autumn 3. Paking. Spirit - 76 3. 7. 5-
Rec 5. 15 20 = wags @ Sturminster Mary No 76 Sep Paking
① 11 36 146 from July 11 to Nov 75 4 1d 13-17 4 days as if - Sturminster
See letter Oct 21 1821 to Mr Smith

(6) Mary Gay Wid of Lewis Gay Me Ad July 4 1836 Married 1771 died 1822
Allow J. M. P. 5 days for Maj. militia (Capt. Howland) 62 _____ $ 23.88 per ann
Hon. F. O. J. Smith Portland Me

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Portland March 17, 1842
Si - Pursuant to the suggestion contained in your letter to me of the 15 th ult. I have obtained & now enclose to you the old memorandum book of Lewis Gay, referred to in the declaration of Mrs. Mary Gay, his widow - The extract contained in her declaration will be found where I have inserted between the leaves a paper mark - From an inspection of the other parts of the book, I think you will be satisfied of Gay's services for a longer period than contained in the roll of Knowlton's company -
I have the honor to be Your obedt. servt Francis J. Smith
Wm J. L. Edwards
Si Si Si.

I Mary Gay of Bridgton in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine of lawful age, on oath depose & say (9) that I was the wife of Lewis Gay formerly of Ipswich in the State of Massachusetts - That the said Lewis Gay followed the occupation of a Baker in Newburyport before moving to Ipswich, & afterwards worked at that business in Ipswich with Mr Benjamin Wood - While at work with Mr Wood he was drafted as a Militia Soldier into the public service - He kept a Memorandum book in which he wrote such things as he wished for remembrance, some years before he went into the Army - When he went into the Army he carried that book with him, & when he returned home he brought it with him. And the same book has been in the family ever since - The same book was sent to Mr Smith about a fortnight ago. I do not know how Josiah Cagin in the book unless he wrote it when he was a boy, & Josiah was my son.
No.
s Webb
7/2
Mary Gay.
Cumberland p. March 31. 1842. Personally appeared Mary Gay abovenamed, & subscribed & made oath to the truth of the above statements before me.
Moses Gould - Justice of the Peace
We the undersigned hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mrs Mary Gay, & that altho' she is very aged, she is of sound mind & perfectly understands the subject of the above deposition, & her intellectual powers are retained in a remarkably perfect state.
March 31. 1842.
Moses Gould
Jamies Webb
Apr. 2. 1842 - I know the above named gentlemen Moses Gould & Webb by reputation as men of character & veracity - Francis O'Connell

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No Braintree April 4
Rev. Francis A. Smith Portland
[Faint, mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original letter.]

I David Gay of Bridgton in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine of lawful age depose & say, under the solemnities of an oath, that I have a distinct recollection of the memorandum book mentioned in the deposition of My Mother, Mary Gay, ever since I was a small boy - I have known the book to be in the family ever since - I am now in my fifty third year -
David Gay
Cumberland ss. March 31. 1842. Personally appeared David Gay above named, & subscribed & made oath to the truth of the above statements before me
Nehos Gould - Justice of the Peace
Mr. Smith.
Sir I this day recd. your letter of the 26th Inst. & proceed immediately to furnish all the testimony that can be had in relation to the Memorandum book, & the deposition of My father, to wit: the deposition of My Mother and of Myself -
Yours &c. David Gay
Bridgton March 31. 1842.

Oct 7 1842
me
Mrs. Gay
FREE
J. L. Edwards Censor Pension Washington D.C.

Portland Apr. 2. 1842
Hon J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
Sir - Enclosed I send what I trust will be satisfactory testimony of the authenticity of the memorandum book presented in the cause of Mrs. Gay, & also of her husband's member- ship as a Ruler, before going into the army -
I hope the same to be
Yours At least
Francis J. Smith.

(11) STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, January 9th A. D. 1849
Charles C. Mannon,
CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
_____ Moses Gould is an _____
_____ Acting Justice of the Peace, _____
within and for the County of Cumberland , as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the
COMMISSION of the said
Gould
is dated
February 9th
A. D. 184 3 , and will expire
February 9th A. D. 1850.
and that the
his, one
following
SIGNATURE
purporting to be
Genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court , for said State, the day and year first above written.
Chas. C. Mannon CLERK.

Declaration
In order to obtain an increase of pension.
State of Maine } ss. Cumberland County } ss. On this thirteenth day of December A.D. 1848, personally appeared before me Moses Garside a Justice of the Peace for said County of Cumberland, Mary Gay, a resident of Bridgton in said County, aged one hundred years, who having been first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain an increase of pension, viz; That she is a pensioner under the act of Congress of the 4th of July 1836, & has drawn a pension of twenty three dollars & eighty eight cents per annum, on account of the services in the Revolutionary war of her late husband Lewis Gay, which services were performed previous to the year 1776. That in the year 1777 while residing in Ipswich in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the said Lewis Gay was again drafted & served nearly three months, for which latter service no pension has ever been granted. That she presents the accompanying copy of the Records of said town of Ipswich, duly authenticated in proof that such service was performed at that time. That the documents on file in the Pension Office will show that the service for which her pension certificate was granted, did not include what is herein alledged to have been performed in the year 1777, but was performed previously.

That said said copy of the records of the town of Ipswich is all the proof she has been able to find of the service for which she asks for an increase of pension. — She therefore prays that a new certificate may be granted entitling her to draw the increased sum per annum which would belong to her after adding the last named service to that for which she has heretofore drawn a pension, & also the arrears for the service last performed, from the 4th of March 1831. to the present time Witness M c . Gould Samuel P. Anderson May her X Gay Mark
I sworn & subscribed on the day & year above mentioned, before me the subscriber. And I further certify that the above declarant is personally known to me, that she continues a widow, is of sound mind & good character, & her credibility undoubted, & that this day the anniversary of her one hundredth birth day is publicly celebrated in this place, and that she is poor & destitute.
M c . Gould — Justice of the Peace

We the subscribers, selectmen of the town of Ipswich in the county of Essex and commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby certify, that Lewis Gay, of said Ipswich, was allowed the sum of Five pounds for service in the revolutionary war, as appears by a paper on file in the said selectmen's office, of which the following is a true extract, viz.
"A further list of the names of the persons belonging to the town of Ipswich, who have done service in the war, or hired men for the same, with distinct columns to insert against their respective names the credits they are entitled to for said service and money paid, as allowed by the town of s d Ipswich at two of their meetings, the one on January 12 th , 1778, the other on March 9 th , 1779."
Ipswich, March 25 th , 1779.
   South List. Service at New York 3 months, Nov. 1776. Ditto Providence 2 months, April 1777. Ditto 8 months from May 1777. Ditto reinforce the northern army, August, 1777. Ditto reinforce Gen. Gates in September, 1777. Ditto for guards at Winter hills in the winter of 1778. Amount of whole credit.   £ s. d. s. £ £ £ £ £ £ s. £ s. d.     Lewis Gay 5 5 0 0 "  
Ebenezer Cogswell Josiah Kimball } Selectmen of the town of Ipswich.
We Ebenezer Cogswell and Josiah Kimball above named depose and say, that we are a major part of the selectmen of said town of Ipswich, and have the custody of the papers belonging to said office; and that the above is a true extract from a document on file in said office.
Ebenezer Cogswell Josiah Kimball } Selectmen of Ipswich.
Essex, ss. Ipswich, December 7, 1848. Then personally appeared Ebenezer Cogswell and Josiah Kimball above named and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by them subscribed. Before me, Charles Kimball justice of the peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex, ss. Probate office.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that Charles Kimball esquire, before whom the foregoing oath of Ebenezer Cogswell and Josiah Kimball purports to have been taken, is a justice of the peace for said county; and his name, subscribed to the certificate thereon, is his genuine signature, to me well known.
Given under my hand and seal of office this seventh day of December, A.D. 1848.
Nathl. Lord Jr.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston February 13 th 1849
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Charles H. Kimball was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. B. Waldo
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Hon J L Edwards
Sir the case of Mrs Gay is such that if you can take it up and act on it so that she can have her Certificate to draw her Pension on the fourth of March You will greatly oblige her. Very respectfully Otisfield Jan. 19 th 1859 Samuel Peterson

Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Sir I presented the claim of the Widow Gay last Decem. for increase and arrearage and for proof, the Certificate of the Selectmen of Spanish Massachusetts you returned her papers to have the Clerk of Courts signature I got the Secretary of Mass to certify and returned the papers to Mr Flammand
Will you please to take up her case immediately for the reason that I now will give
I called to see her the other day and she told me that she "had been sick all winter almost, and that she is very destitute not having any provision only a little that she obtained by borrowing of a neighbor she is very unwilling to have the town help her. She lives with a son that is a cripple having one leg three inches shorter than the other and no occupation but to go to the City of Portland and get a few fresh fish and peddle them out for a living. She said to me do ask the Commissioner to take up my case immediately or if he cannot do that, to send me my old Certificate so that I can have a little something to make me comfortable" I will call your attention to the fact that she was 100 years old last December. Please return her old Certificate so that she can draw her stipend up to last March if you cannot take up her case before her turn comes
Very respectfully Your obedient servant
Oldfield April 20th 1839
Samuel Peterson

(13) Washington D.C. Feb. 20th, 1850
Sir,
I enclose you herewith, a letter from Mr. T. P. Anderson, in the subject of the claim of Sarah Woodgdon, dec. d of New Hampshire, widow of Joseph Woodgdon, Act 4th July 1846. You will upon examination of Mr. Anderson's letter be able to ascertain what the heirs of Joseph Woodgdon, and Sarah Woodgdon are asking for. They contend that they are entitled to an increase of pension of granted by Your Office to their Father, and also a pension due their Mother. I hope upon a review of these cases, you will afford them some additional pension to their Father and also grant one to their mother up to her death.
I am Sir,
Most respect. Your Off. Servt.
Ch. I. D. Edwards Commr. of Pensions. (over)
J. R. Young

Mrs Mary Gay of Mand, widow of Lewis Gay, d. 10th July, 1836, desiring that her pension may be reviewed. She draws about $23. per Ann. - she thinks she is entitled to 2/6 Monthly additional service. See also Mr. Anderson's letter in relation to this behalf I am, Sir, Mr. On. Secy.
Col. J. D. Edwards, Commr. of Pensions.

h.80 Washington July 13/60.
Th. Lumpkin Enclosing letter from W Saml P Anderson asking for recommendation of the case of Mary Gay - Widow of Lewis Gay a Revolutionary Soldier
3701-36 Maine
Ref d to Court of Pensions Dept. Interior July 17. 1858

(14) Washington DC July 13 th 1880
Sir, I have the honor to enclose herewith Mr. Saml. P. Anderson's letter asking a re-examination of the case of Mrs. Mary Gay, widow of Dennis Gay, of Maine, under the Act of 7 th July, 1838. If upon a review of this case it cannot be allowed, I desire the case shall be reported to you upon appeal.
I have the honor to be, Sir, Very truly Your Obedient Servt Th. D. Jenkins.
Hon. Th. Ewing, Secretary of the Dept. of the Interior.